Category: Cryptocurrency

May 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AlgoTrader adds automated Bitcoin algo trading

The Swiss based company AlgoTrader which provides algorithmic trading solution to support automated Bitcoin trading just announced that has added an automated Bitcoin algo trading - an algorithmic trading software that allows trading of cryptocurrencies on a fully automated quantitative basis. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are a hot trading topic this year. Many banks are already establishing blockchain-based…

Read more
bitcoin
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin and other digital assets reach new all-time highs

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange announced that the price of bitcoin and the total market cap for digital assets are each shattering previous records. Bitcoin was over $1500 yesterday, while the digital assets total market cap was nearing the $40,000,000,000 mark. These numbers represent new all-time highs for an industry that is becoming increasingly popular among…

Read more
April 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken introduces tether-USD leverage & other enhancements to margin program

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange launched support for tether-USD (USDT/USD) trading on March 29 and now adds 2x leveraged margin trading for this pair. Further enhancements to the margin program include higher 5x leverage for other trading pairs: Bitcoin-USD (XBT/USD): 5x Ether-bitcoin (ETH/XBT): 5x Ether-EUR (ETH/EUR): 5x Ether-USD (ETH/USD): 5x Margin trading for USDT/USD will help…

Read more
April 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Standard Chartered and Fidelity's Supercharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 reaches final milestone

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, along with main partners, Standard Chartered Bank – also a founding member, and Fidelity International, today announced the successful outcomes of the programme enabling international growth stage companies to expand their operations within Asia. Standard Chartered Bank has initiated Proof of Concept projects with two companies: Robo-advisory for wealth management: Bambu is…

Read more
April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kraken opens Dash trading as cryptocurrency trading volumes soar

Dash, the rising alternative to bitcoin, today announced a partnership with one of the world’s oldest bitcoin exchanges with the largest selection of digital assets and national currencies, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. Which DASH pairs will be available for trading? DASH/USD (Dash - US Dollar); DASH/BTC (Dash - Bitcoin); DASH/EUR (Dash - Euro). The partnership…

Read more
April 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Matchpool’s Guppy Token (GUP) IOU now listed on Gatecoin

Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin just announced that GUPBTC markets are now live. GUPs will trade as IOUs until April 29th, 2017. The Gatecoin team announced the launch of IOU trading for Matchpool’s Guppy token (GUP) on their exchange. This comes just a week after the ethereum-based matchmaking platform raised ETH 125,000 (~USD 5.5 million) during their…

Read more
April 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge, J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander complete pilot of blockchain-based proxy vote solution

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust and Banco Santander today announced the successful completion of a pilot which employs a blockchain technology to enhance global proxy vote transparency and analytics. The pilot, Broadridge’s first application of blockchain technology, provides transparency by adapting distributed ledger technology capabilities to provide daily…

Read more
wall street blockchain
April 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group launches first blockchain-based prototype

New shareholder voting prototype serves as next step in TMX's emerging digital strategy TMX Group (TSX: X) announced a new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) prototype as part of its strategy to maximize efficiencies and solve day-to-day client challenges across its various business areas. The company developed the electronic shareholder voting system prototype based on DLT,…

Read more
April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HQLAᵡ selects Corda for collateral lending solution in collaboration with R3 and five banks

Financial innovation firm R3, five of its members and financial resource management specialist HQLAᵡ have built a collateral lending solution for liquidity transfers on R3’s Corda distributed ledger platform. Project participants CIBC, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, ING, UBS and HQLAᵡ collaborated with R3 to develop an operating model for a digital collateral receipt (DCR) lending marketplace.…

Read more